Show me someone who never gossips, and I’ll show you someone who isn’t interested in people.
BARBARA WALTERSSuccess can make you go one of two ways. It can make you a prima donna – or it can smooth the edges, take away the insecurities, let the nice things come out.
More Barbara Walters Quotes
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A good laugh makes any interview, or any conversation, so much better.
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Parents of young children should realize that few people, and maybe no one, will find their children as enchanting as they do.
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Every genius I have met could be classified as crazy by most people. They possess the highest level of sanity that us people find difficult to understand and accept.
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Being a parent is tough. If you just want a wonderful little creature to love, you can get a puppy
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A great many people think that polysyllables are a sign of intelligence and refinement so they think they will impress others with their command of obscure words.
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I can get a better grasp of what is going on in the world from one good Washington dinner party than from all the background information NBC piles on my desk.
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Most attractive males talk to most attractive women as if they were Rotarians comparing sales percentages in Des Moines.
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Children are God’s way of punishing us for having sex.
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Because there are so many shows on and because I’ve been so hands-on – I’ve had a piece on almost every single week – I don’t know how to cut back on that. You really can’t.
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The news media in general are liberal. If you want to be a reporter, you are going to see poverty and misery, and you have to be involved in the human condition.
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Celebrities used to be found in clusters, like oysters – and with much the same defensive mechanisms.
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Just do your job. Get in early. Stay late, and don’t complain. Fight the big fights.
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Small children do not belong at an adult party, and especially should not be used like trained midgets to help serve martinis.
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Large cocktail parties are an infamous technique for ridding yourself of social obligations to people you usually don’t know well or like much, which is such an unpromising beginning that I’ve rarely known one that recovered and turned into a great party.
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The feeling is that Fidel Castro’s much bigger than he actually is.
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